Results from this year's engagement survey make it pretty clear: A number of staff expressed dissatisfaction with their current level of pay and benefits. While survey vendor Morehead Associates says this finding is common among peer institutions, we're nevertheless considering it seriously. As a first step to addressing the concern, hospital leaders want to more candidly communicate how the University benchmarks salaries to be market-competitive.

When URMC's surgery residency program director Thomas Watson, M.D., saw the roster for the incoming 2010/2011 general surgery class, he was shocked. While it listed seven highly-qualified candidates from medical schools across the country, there was one glaring distinction from years past: For the first time in the University's history, every incoming resident was a woman.

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